THE CROWN PRINCE'S GOLDEN CONSORT 038

Zhongshan Huang stood at her side while the Imperial doctor checked her pulse. Seeing the imperial doctor shake his head after just a few minutes of checking her pulse he askef worried "What's wrong? The Imperial doctor looked very conflicted as he read her pulse which could mean that something had him worried and he didn't know how to say it. "No worries your highness. It's actually a good news" the Imperial doctor said smiling. "How could it be just a good news. You looked very conflicted just a few minutes ago" Zhongshan Huang said with a slight frown. Maybe he needed to check if the definition of worried changed since he went missing that the imperial doctor is claiming that he wasn't worried because he had a good news. "Congratulations your highness the Imperial Consort is Two months pregnant" the Imperial doctor stood and made a half bow. 'What, that good" the crown Prince said smiling widely. "How is she and the baby doing" he sat by the side of the bed and took her hands in his, patting it gently. "Both mother and child are doing well. The child was just a little startled but with a little care will get much more stable. The Imperial Consort has to take very good care of herself and the child. I will write a prescription for the Brouces and the pregnancy" the imperial doctor replied.

"Good Bie Liu collect the prescription and see the doctor off. Steward Du give the doctor a reward and Chu Yan send word to the palace this is indeed a very good news" he laughed softly patting her hands gently. Everyone happily went off to do as they were ordered. Before long the happy news was delivered to the palace. The Emperor and Empress were so happy about the need that they began ordering the royal store to send down some gifts. However on remembering the crown princess attempt to get rid of the Imperial heir the Emperor got so angry that he wrote down an Imperial decree for her dethronement and banishment to demotion to the rank of a concubine and confinement in the Cold courtyard. "The news brought great shock to everyone especially since the Emperor didn't punish her further In consideration for his maternal relationship with the Xu family. In the surface it felt like the Emperor was being Filial and kind but all could see that he had just struck a huge blow to the Xu family. The overbearing Xu family began to become much low key. Even the first Princess refused to accept visitors and became much more low key. A few days later Marquis Gu returned with news of the third Prince death. The Emperor was so angry with the Marquis failure to bring back the third prince alive that he confined him to his manor and withheld his salary for six months. Seeing as two of the first Prince's greatest supporters out of favor with the Emperor and thoroughly subdued by the Emperor the First Prince factions became much more low key with a few jumping ship and trying to curry favor with the Crown Prince.

At the Zhang Manor, the Young Master's study.

His personal attendant Yubao handed a secret letter to Fifth Young Master Zhang from his spies on the west. He unfolded the letter and after decoding the letter he set it ablaze. Everything was going according to plan it's only a matter of time before all the Emperor's hard work comes tumbling down. "Fifth Young Master third Young Miss sent over a message" Yubao said handing the message over to his Young Master. Third young Miss was fifth Young Master's older sister from the same mother so they were very close. Fifth Young Master Zhang rolled up the letter and read through quickly. His hand balled up thightly as soon as he was done. "Have the Manor doctor write a prescription for whip injuries and pain and have someone deliver them to my older sister in the Gao family's main branch Manor" he said quickly. "Yes" Yubao said and ran off to do as he was ordered. It had to be very serious for his young master to be very worried. Third young Miss must be in trouble. As soon as he was alone Fifth Young Master Zhang snapped his fingers and a man in black flew in. Without turning to face him he said darkly "Send our instructions to Old master Jang. It's time he attacked". "Yes Master" the Man I'm black said and disappeared. He sister will have to hold on for just a little while. It won't be long before great Wei was under their control and the Zhongshan family paid for all their crime. Soon they would have them all at their feet.

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The next day the body of one of the First Prince's subordinate Liu wenci was found lying in front of a brothel. Before the end of the day rumors began going around that the First Prince had murdered him to stop him from revealing his secrets. The royal family was still reacting to that when a book titled 'The sSins Of The Imperial Royal Family Volume 01: The First Prince's Great Sins. began to spread round the capital with a chapter detailing his and his mother Imperial Noble Consort Gao's many atrocities being delivered to everyone at night.